Carla Mendonça (born 1964) is an English actress. She is known for playing Orla Crawshaw in Coronation Street, Sophie Johnson in the CITV children's sitcom My Parents Are Aliens (2001–2006) and Mrs. Fitzgerald in the CBBC series So Awkward (2015–2018). She has a degree in Theatre Studies and Dramatic Art from the University of Warwick.
Personal life Mendonça was born in Coventry, West Midlands. Her parents were ballet dancers, her mother from England and her father from Portugal. Her brother, Jorge, was a colonel in the British Army, who served with the First Battalion in the Queen's Lancashire Regiment.
She has been married to actor Clive Mantle since 2016.
Mendonça was in the band The Maisonettes.
Filmography Film YearTitleCharacterStudioNotes1998 Hilary and Jackie Spanish Maid Channel 4 FilmsIntermedia Films 2006 Jam Mum Burnett EntertainmentThanksgiving Films 2013 Common People Mrs. Owen Common People ProductionsPark Bench Pictures
Television YearTitleCharacterChannelNotes1984 The Young Ones Woman at Trial BBC Two 1 episode S01E05 "Sick"1984 The Lenny Henry Show Various BBC One 1 episode1984 Pushing Up Daisies Various ITV 7 episodes1985 Coming Next Various ITV 6 episodes1986 Lytton's Diary Candy ITV 1 episode1990 KYTV Gillian/Debbie Gutteridge BBC Two 2 episodes1991 Bottom Jenny BBC Two 1 episode1991 Hale and Pace Various ITV 1 episode1991–1992 Motormouth Juliet Nichols ITV 32 episodes1993 French and Saunders Lavinia BBC Two 1 episode1993 Comedy Playhouse Imo BBC One 1 episode1993–1995 The Legends of Treasure Island Additional voices ITV Voice; 26 episodes1993 Wycliffe Det. Sgt. Lane ITV 1 episode1996 Jack and Jeremy's Real Lives Caroline Channel 4 1 episode1997 Rebecca Hairdresser ITV 1 episode1997 Smith and Jones Various BBC One 2 episodes1997 Spark Beth BBC One 3 episodes1997 Harry Enfield and Chums Woman in Public Information Films BBC One 2 episodes1998 Comedy Nation Various BBC Two 1 episode2001 Baddiel's Syndrome Cleaner Sky One 1 episode2001–2006 My Parents Are Aliens Sophie Johnson ITVCITV 73 episodes2003–2004 My Dad's the Prime Minister Clare Phillips BBC OneCBBC 13 episodes2007 Roman's Empire Morwenna Pretty BBC Two 6 episodes2007 Legends Narrator BBC Four 1 episode2008–2010 Big Barn Farm Female Voices CBeebies Voice; 40 episodes2009 Dani's House Fleur Blair CBBC 1 episode2009, 2011, 2020 Doctors Nina Hollins / Lydia / Doris Dajani BBC One Guest appearances2011 Scoop Pauline Wilmott CBBC 1 episode2011 University Challenge Herself BBC Two 1 episode (Christmas special)2013 Great Night Out Mrs. Moogan ITV Episode 3, series 12015–2016 So Awkward Mrs. Fitzgerald CBBC 10 episodes2021–Present Coronation Street Orla Crawshaw ITV
Theatre Her theatre roles include: Theatre/CompanyProductionRoleNotesGlobe TheatreDaisy Pulls It OffTrixie MartinOxford Stage CompanyMeasure for MeasureIsabellaTwelfth NightViolaKing LearReganAs You Like ItCeliaHampstead TheatreIn the ClubNicolaDerby PlayhouseThe Killing of Sister GeorgeMercy CroftRoyal Lyceum TheatreThe Curse of the Starving ClassEllaRoyal Shakespeare CompanyThe Mouse and His ChildElephantRoyal Exchange TheatreToo Clever By HalfMadame TourousinaTobacco Factory Theatre101 DalmatiansCruella De VilNottingham PlayhouseNoises OffDotty OtleyThe Amazing Tour CompanyThe Amazing Tour Is Not On FireScary Woman in the SkyLeeds PlayhouseThe Lion, The Witch and The WardrobeThe White Witch
References
External links
www.carlamendonca.com Carla Mendonça's website